Mission Charlo Wrestlers place 3rd at Superior Invitiational

The Mission Charlo wrestlers had a great weekend placing 3rd at the Superior Invitational behind Libby, 2nd and Frenchtown, 1st. It was a great boost of confidence to our team coming off a loss to Thompson Falls  earlier in the week. Our younger wrestlers were the key to the third place finish. We had five wrestlers who were just a match away from placing and six wrestlers placed in the tournament. Jay Wadsworth, Israel LaFrombois, Pascoe Green, Kyle Couture, and Joseph Hawkins each went 2-2 while Ethan Goss, Tyler Spidel, went 1-2. In the medal rounds; Morgan Schultz placed third, pinning Ty Height from Libby in :23; Jamie Mullins placed third, pinning Jonathon Blanchard from Frenchtown in 1:27; Steven Bravo placed 4^th, losing to Robert Jennings from Cutbank by injury default; Jacen Petersen placed 1^st, pinning David Andersen from Frenchtown in 5:27; Joseph Hawkins placed 4^th, losing to William Ollinger from Browning by pin in 2:27; Emilio Bravo placed 4^th, losing to Jasen Gervais from Browning 0-4 and Barret Sargent placed 1^st, defeating Rand Pritzkau from Frenchtown 5-2. One of the highlights throughout the day was Jamie Mullins'  match in the semi-final round against last year's divisional champ, Zach Durden. Even though Jamie ended up losing the match 9-13, he came from behind and scored the last several points of the match. Barret Sargent had a great win at 215 finishing his finals match with a blast double and ending any ideas his opponent had of mounting a comeback. Jacen Petersen continues to dominate his competition, and he will only continue to improve. Overall, I was most excited to see some of our younger wrestlers stepping it up and getting pins! This means we are improving as a team, and we have high goals for our team at the end of the year.